More on Mercury
“Brandish your crystal tresses in the sky,
And with them scourge the bad revolting stars,”
Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part one [I.i.3-4>
Bloom has an interesting take on the early history plays, weaving sources and influences, and he’s allowing for a heavy Marlowe influence. Can’t say myself, either way on that issue, but the argument is cogent.
My own inauspicious stars worked hard against me. I had to rearrange travel schedules three times to get it all done right. Southwest bucked me off three or four times, and their website got at least one date backwards before I got it all sorted out. I wound up having to call and cancel reservations, not once, but twice.
I’d heave a sigh, but it’s just Mercury and there’s no sense in getting upset.
Had dinner with my Pisces friend, and she was not doing too well. Until I explained that yes, Mercury is backwards in Libra and yes, everything is in a hand basket, headed some place for a while.
It was sushi served by a Virgo at the new place downtown. I was decidedly unimpressed with the service – I asked for hot green tea, and I got teabag in mug of warm water. The Pisces asked for hot green tea, and she got a beautiful tea service complete with clear, crystalline teapot with an integrated tea strainer, and a clear teacup with saucer.
“She’s obviously special,” the Virgo told me.
The recommended sushi roll was, however, most excellent. Named for a dead German philosopher.
“But look, his name isn’t even spelled right,” the Virgo pointed out. I couldn’t even pronounce the name, much less note that it wasn’t spelled correctly. But like her advice, it was a good roll.